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Daisy M HarrisAge: 86 years19011988

Name
Daisy M Harris
Given names
Daisy M
Surname
Harris
Married name
Daisy M Wallace
Birth May 17, 1901 32 25
Death of a motherDorsey “Dossie” Hinch
1908 (Age 6 years)
Census May 13, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 16 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn O Hinch
January 5, 1936 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a fatherDavid Crockett Harris
August 19, 1951 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death February 15, 1988 (Age 86 years)

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father
David Crockett Harris
Birth: December 15, 1868Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 19, 1951Granville, North Carolina, United States
mother
Dorsey “Dossie” Hinch
Birth: May 1876 24 23Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1908North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1895
6 years
herself
Daisy M Harris
Birth: May 17, 1901 32 25Junction City, Boyle, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 15, 1988

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John O Hinch - Household

Rhea, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hinch, JohnheadMW58M214TNTNTNFarmer
Hinch, LorinddawifeFW44M114TNTNTN
Hinch, RivadaughterFW27STNTNTNSales LadyDry Goods
Harris, Daisygrand daughterFW9SKYTNTN